Laboratory Associate III

Quick Facts

• Role: Laboratory Associate III (Per Diem/Casual, Non-Exempt)
• Education: High School diploma or GED
• Experience: 2 years recent relevant laboratory experience
• Schedule: Varied (8 hours); weekend requirements as needed
• Pay range: $37.36–$52.30 per hour

Description

Perform quality control and quality assurance tasks for the analytic phase of laboratory workflow, supporting waived and moderate-complexity testing. Receive, handle, and process patient specimens; operate and maintain laboratory analyzers; and complete post-analytic duties such as distributing reports and storing/retrieving specimens. Adhere to privacy and safety regulations and applicable policies.

Responsibilities

• Support laboratory quality control and analytic-phase quality assurance
• Operate, maintain, and perform basic troubleshooting of waived and moderate-complexity laboratory analyzers
• Receive, process, and handle a variety of specimens submitted for testing
• Perform post-analytic tasks, including distributing reports and storing and/or retrieving specimens
• Follow local/state/federal regulations, codes, and laboratory policies to protect patient privacy and safety
• Support workflow management for volume changes, shift hand-offs, STAT orders, specimen integrity issues, and equipment or information system failures

Benefits

• Benefits listed: No

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED
• 2 years of recent relevant laboratory experience
• Ability to accurately, precisely, and reliably perform job duties
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks to meet expected timeframes
• Ability to follow standard laboratory practices and applicable privacy/safety regulations
• Ability to respond to workflow disruptions (volume fluctuations, STAT orders, pending logs/priority review, specimen integrity issues)
• Strong critical thinking; recognize and appropriately escalate complex or unusual deviations or outcomes
• Effective verbal and written communication; ability to collaborate in a team setting